Meaning Of Down – Learner's Dictionary

Meaning of down – Learner’s Dictionary downadverb, preposition uk /daʊn/ us

down adverb, preposition (LOWER PLACE)

Add to word list Add to word list A2 towards or in a lower place: The kids ran down the hill to the gate. She tripped and fell down. I bent down to have a look.

• Could you go down and let Darren in?
• She reached down to stroke the dog's head.
• Tears rolled down her face.
• His car started rolling down the drive.
• He ran down the stairs.

down adverb, preposition (LEVEL/AMOUNT)

towards or at a lower level or amount: Can you turn the music down? Slow down so they can see us.

down adverb, preposition (SURFACE)

A1 moving from above and onto a surface: I sat down and turned on the TV. Put that box down on the floor.

down adverb, preposition (DIRECTION)

in or towards a particular direction, usually south: Pete's moved down to London.  down the road/river, etc A2 along or further along the road/river, etc: There's another pub further down the street.  note/write, etc sth down B1 to write something on a piece of paper: Can I just take down your phone number?

down adverb, preposition (STOMACH)

inside your stomach: He's had food poisoning and can't keep anything down.  be down to sb UK to be someone's responsibility or decision: I've done all I can now, the rest is down to you.  come/go down with sth to become sick: The whole family came down with food poisoning.

Idioms

down under downadjective [ never before noun ] uk /daʊn/ us

down adjective [never before noun] (SAD)

B2 sad: What's the matter? You look a bit down today.

down adjective [never before noun] (NOT WORKING)

If a computer or machine is down, it is temporarily not working: The network was down all morning. downnoun [ U ] uk /daʊn/ us soft feathers, often used as a warm filling for bed covers See also ups and downs downverb [ T ]   informal uk /daʊn/ us to drink something quickly: He was so thirsty, he downed two bottles of beer.

(Definition of down from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of down

in Chinese (Traditional) 更低位置, 在下面, 向下，朝下… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 更低位置, 在下面, 向下，朝下… See more in Spanish abajo, hacia abajo, en el suelo… See more in Portuguese para baixo, por escrito, no estômago… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian खाली - जास्त स्थितीकडून कमी स्थितीमध्ये किंवा स्थितीच्या दिशेला असणे, पृष्ठभागावर ठेवणे, लेखी किंवा कागदावर… See more 下に, 床（地面）に, 下の方へ… See more altta, alta/aşağı doğru, belli miktarın altında/altına inen… See more duvet [masculine], en bas, vers le bas… See more a terra, (cap) avall, (a) baix… See more naar beneden, neer, door-… See more உயர்ந்த நிலையில் இருந்து குறைந்த அல்லது கீழ் நிலையில் அல்லது கீழ் நிலையை நோக்கி, மேலே இருந்து மற்றும் ஒரு மேற்பரப்பில் நகரும், எழுத்து மூலமாக அல்லது காகிதத்தில்… See more नीचे, ऊपर से नीचे के स्थान पर, ऊपर से होते हुए निचली सतह की ओर… See more નીચે, નીચું, ઉપરથી નીચે તરફ ખસેડવું… See more nedad, ned, (gå) i arv… See more ner, ned, nere… See more turun, tanah lapang, turun temurun… See more hinunter, zum/auf den Boden, weiter… See more dun [neuter], ned, nede… See more نیچے, نیچے کی طرف, درج کرنا… See more вниз, донизу, в провінцію… See more కిందికి, కిందకు, కింది స్థానానికి… See more নীচে, শোয়ানো হচ্ছে এমন, ওপর থেকে নীচে এবং কোনো পৃষ্ঠতলের ওপরে গড়িয়ে আসছে এমন… See more dolů, na zem, postupně… See more menuruni, ke bawah, turun-temurun… See more ลง, ตกลงมา, จากอดีตถึงปัจจุบัน… See more xuống, ngã xuống, ghi chép… See more w dół, na dole, często oddawane przedrostkiem s-… See more 아래로, 아래에, (더 낮은) 아래로… See more giù, giù (di corda), in basso… See more Need a translator?

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More Learner's Dictionary definitions for down

• upside down
• run-down
• pull-down
• broken-down
• down payment
• down-and-out
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• die down
• go down
• lie down
• back down
• beat down
• break down
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• down under idiom
• turn sth upside down idiom
• down the road idiom
• down the drain idiom
• lay down the law idiom
• go down that road idiom
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  • Adverb, preposition 
    • down (LOWER PLACE)
    • down (LEVEL/AMOUNT)
    • down (SURFACE)
    • down (DIRECTION)
    • down the road/river, etc
    • note/write, etc sth down
    • down (STOMACH)
    • be down to sb
    • come/go down with sth
  • Adjective 
    • down (SAD)
    • down (NOT WORKING)
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